Died in custody

Name not reported

died April 28, 1894 · Madison Parish, Louisiana

Four Black men who were held in the charge of officers at Tallulah, Louisiana, were taken from those officers by a mob, according to a short newspaper dispatch published April 28, 1894. The mob hanged the four men from a tree. The Rock Island Argus carried the report.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: news reports.

Source

Rock Island Argus, April 28, 1894, page 2 Rock Island Argus, April 28, 1894

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